Friday, March 3, 2017

The Plot Sickens

General Michael Flynn may or may not have deserved to be
ousted from his job as national security adviser. I don’t know, as I am not
privy to all the details involving what he did or didn’t do. What is troubling,
beyond question, is the way it occurred. As others have pointed out, Flynn was
the victim of a political assassination, a soft coup, likely executed by a
cadre of anonymous bureaucrats in the intelligence community, leftover from the
Obama administration and opposed to everything President Trump plans to do.

As
theweek.com’s Damon Linker put it, “The whole episode is evidence of the
precipitous and ongoing collapse of America’s democratic institutions.” Which
itself is evidence of the precipitous and ongoing collapse of America’s morals
and culture, political and otherwise. Linker is certainly not anyone’s
definition of a conservative, but he gets it exactly right when he states that
unelected intelligence analysts are supposed to work for the president, not the
other way around, and that far too many Trump critics don’t care about the
sensitive information leaked to the press by the “deep state” in this instance
because of their hatred for Trump. Of course, had it been the Obama
administration that was the victim of the plot, the Trump critics would’ve gone
ballistic. In damning the leakers and in support of Obama.

It is
Congress’ role to conduct public investigations of alleged wrongdoing by public
officials, if and when necessary. It is decidedly not the purview of these unelected, anonymous bureaucrats to
secretly feed clandestinely gathered classified information to reporters in
order to damage a President by taking out one of the members of his cabinet.

As
Linker concluded: “Selectively disclosing details of private conversations
monitored by the FBI or NSA gives the permanent state the power to destroy
reputations from the cloak of anonymity. This is what police states do. Down
that path lies the end of democracy in America.”

Sadly,
to the most ardent leftists, destroying America while deposing Trump is not a
tragedy, but a twofer.

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays